On April 6, 2018, Crows & Sparrows is pleased to co-present a free screening of Wang Xuebo’s directorial debut KNIFE IN THE CLEAR WATER at the Brattle Theatre.

Winner of the New Currents Award at the 2016 Busan International Film Festival and based on the short story by Shi Shuqing (who also co-wrote the screenplay), KNIFE IN THE CLEAR WATER is a stark and breathtaking portrayal of a rural Hui Muslim community in China’s Ningxia Province. After the death of his wife and as part of the mourning process, Ma Zishan is asked to sacrifice his only bull. Expressing with subtlety his emotional uncertainty between the call to honor the soul of his wife and his attachment to his most beloved animal, the film becomes an exquisite and psychogeographic exploration of loss, tradition, and transformation in the context of this marginalized community.

Following the film, please join us for a post-screening discussion led by Peng Hai, Ph.D. Candidate in Chinese Film History at Harvard University. This screening is co-sponsored by the Emergent Visions Series of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard, and is presented in conjunction with the Harvard Yenching Indigeneity and Environment Symposium.

On November 17, 2017, Crows & Sparrows co-presents Wen Hai’s WE THE WORKERS with the Emergent Visions Series of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University. Director Wen Hai will attend in person for Q&A. Free and open to the public! Visit our screenings section for more details.

On August 1, 2017, Crows & Sparrows and the Balagan Film Series co-present a program of 16mm film and video from Beijing-based filmmaker Sandy Ding in person at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. Visit our screenings section for more details!

On April 30, 2017, Crows & Sparrows is pleased to co-present Miao Wang’s newest documentary MAINELAND at the Independent Film Festival Boston!

The 15th Annual Independent Film Festival Boston (IFFBoston) is taking place April 26-May 3 at the Somerville Theatre, Brattle Theatre, Coolidge Corner Theatre, and UMass Boston. Over one hundred films will be shown along with nightly parties and weekend panel discussions. Tickets for all events are on sale now at http://www.iffboston.org.

MAINELAND

Sun. 4/30 – 2:45pm – Somerville Theatre

A multi-layered coming-of-age tale that follows two teenagers of China’s wealthy elite as they settle into a boarding school in blue-collar rural Maine. Visit our screenings section for more details. Tickets are now on sale here.

On May 8-9, 2017, Crows & Sparrows is pleased to partner with the Balagan Film Series to co-present two evenings of film and video from the Philippines with Manila-based filmmaker and curator Shireen Seno in person at the Coolidge Corner Theatre and the AgX Film Collective.